Number Riddles With Variables on Both Sides

Use a puzzle sheet as a warm up or review after the multi-step and both-sides sheets. The riddle sheets are a bridge to word problems.

Turn 8 number riddles into equations, such as four times my number plus 9 is six times it minus 7. The directions on the page read: Let n be the number. Write and solve an equation in the box, then write n. An answer key is included.

Yes, both. We made it for 8th grade algebra, and it works the same at home or at school. At home, a student can work through it alone and then go over it with you, which shows quickly what is solid and what needs another look. In class it works as independent practice, homework or a warm-up, and you can print one copy or a full set.

Each answer feeds the puzzle. A wrong solution breaks the domino loop, spells the wrong word or shades the wrong cell. Students see right away that something needs a second look.

Let n be the least integer. Consecutive integers are n, n + 1 and n + 2, and consecutive odd or even integers are n, n + 2 and n + 4. Add them, set the sum equal to the total and solve.

Make a table with ages now and at another time, using x for one age. Add or subtract the same years for each person, then write an equation from the sentence. Age Riddles Solved With Equations has six riddles.